Healthy Snickerdoodle Muffins with Apples

The flavor of Snickerdoodles packed into a healthy muffin? Sign us up! These Snickerdoodle Muffins with Apples are an easy toddler breakfast or snack that are perfect to make ahead of time…and pull out whenever your little one needs a quick bite!

Healthy Snickerdoodle Muffins

This muffin recipe is made with applesauce, flour, and a little sweetener and spices for sweetness and flavor. The added fat and sugars are minimal and the muffin has a nicely balanced mix of carbohydrates and protein.

Toddler Muffins

They are also very moist, so they are easy for toddlers to chew. Many younger toddlers take a while to learn to move bready foods around in their mouths, so I worked up this recipe especially to help with that effort. These muffins are minis, so they are fairly small already, but you can cut them up into smaller cubes as needed.

Snickerdoodle Muffins with Cinnamon and Sugar

You don’t have to do this step, but these are really good with a little sprinkle of granulated sugar (regular or coconut) and cinnamon on top. It’s an extra touch that makes a healthy muffin recipe a little more special!

Easy Toddler Lunch with Muffins

The lunch shown here is my favorite sort of packed lunch for little ones. It’s easy to pack, diverse in nutrients, and it has enough food to keep them going until afternoon snack time. Here’s what’s inside:

Mini Snickerdoodle Muffins

Sliced fresh zucchini

Dried banana slices

Cheese stick

The lunch is packed in our Lunchbots Trio and I made the banana slices in our dehydrator. These were bananas that were too ripe to eat fresh—and there weren’t enough to make banana bread—and turning them into chewy chips was an awesome way to make sure they didn’t go to waste.

Fill prepared muffin tin to the edge of each cup and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake for 10-12
minutes.

Remove from oven, run a paring knife around the edges, and remove to
cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Notes

To store: Place in an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 5 days,
warming briefly if desired before serving. Or freezer in a zip top freezer bag with as
much air removed as possible for up to 3 months.

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